Throughout the book Scott and Shannon Peck tell all. They are the joint voice of experience, and most chapters include their personal insights and stories. They both had first marriages that ended in divorce, they both went through an internal process of "being love," trusting in love, and envisioning a more loving mate. Then, as if on cue, the Pecks found each other. They claim to be "the happiest couple in the universe." Their authenticity and personal commitment to the path of love is deeply moving.

That said, The Love You Deserve sometimes misleads by attempting to make the earthly experience of special love divine. Statements such as "the fusing of your Light with another's Light is what creates eternal love" and the notion that "perpetual intimacy" is something valued or willed by God is not accurate or helpful.

This book received a score of 6.5 out of 10 from The Spiritual Reviewer.